The Surprisingly Common World of Congenital Heart Defects

Congenital Heart Defects

Can you imagine coming into the world and not being able to live? The sad reality is that a possibility like that is very common. Did you know 1 in 100 children are born with Congenital Heart Defects (CHD). While that doesn’t seem like a high number, it comes to a total of 40,000 children a year.

So what are the causes? Actually, the causes for CHD are unknown, but there are several contributing risk factors. Take a look at our latest infographic, provided by our friend Ms. Meisha Bergmann from Top-nursing-programs.com, to find out more about Congenital Heart Defects.

Manny Oliverez

+Manny Oliverez is a 20 year veteran of healthcare having managed medical practices. He advises medical practices, physicians and practice administrators on how to run their practice and manage their medical billing and revenue cycle management. Manny speaks, blogs and makes videos at www.CaptureBilling.com, a blog that is tops in the medical billing and coding field. READ MORE

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